With the completion of the new Support Greenhouse, the Conservatory now has the ability to grow thousands of plants on site for use inside the Conservatory, and in outdoor botanical gardens and on the ScottsMiracle-Gro Community Garden Campus. Prior to the construction of the Greenhouse, the Conservatory staff had a limited amount of offsite space available for housing plants. Many plants for annual displays and exhibitions had to be purchased. The 9,200 sq. foot Support Greenhouse allows staff to not only grow new plants for floral shows, exhibitions and educational programs but to house out-of- season plants not on public display. The Support Greenhouse was dedicated on August 8, 2011.
The Conservatory was faced with a challenge when it lost its production facilities as a result of the Whittier Peninsula redevelopment. The response was to develop this new Support Greenhouse on site at Franklin Park.
